"epic (heroic, grand)" in seven languages
Meaningepic (heroic, grand)
Spanish
épico
/ˈepiko/
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French
épique
/epik/
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Italian
epico
/ˈɛpiko/
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Portuguese
épico
/ˈɛpiku/
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Romanian
epic
/ˈepik/
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Catalan
èpic
/ˈɛpik/
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English
epic
/ˈɛpɪk/
from Latin/French · Latin EPICUS
English → Italianepic (heroic, grand)epicoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
EPICUM‘epic (from Greek epikós, épos 'word, song')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A Greek word for heroic poetry, borrowed through Latin by all four. All of them now also stretch it to anything grand: un viaje épico, une bataille épique.
English relatives: epic, epos
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In a sentence
- esFue un viaje épico.
- frCe fut un voyage épique.
- itÈ stato un viaggio epico.
- ptFoi uma viagem épica.
- roA fost o călătorie epică.
- caVa ser un viatge èpic.
- enIt was an epic journey.
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